That post is from D1 ticker and has President Tate quoted in it, so I'd say it's true.
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That post is from D1 ticker and has President Tate quoted in it, so I'd say it's true.
Think there is merit here and I'd wager the merger is part of the issue
I actually like this board better than the round table. I think there is better discussion here, less scarlet glasses and more objective back and forth. I don't know if there is a 30 day free trial but I'd rather get this board participants to the round table given we've lost quite a few posters over there.
There are various ways to look at this but by all accounts Rutgers is at or near the top on fringe benefits expenses.
This reflects the high cost of benefits for NJ government workers. Holloway testified about fringe benefits in 2024, citing a "near 80 percent fringe rate" figure, and I posted about it on TKR but nobody seem to care then.
For 2026, Rutgers budgets $24.7 million for athletics department fringe benefits. That adds 46% to the $53.0 athletics department salary bill. See budget snapshot and link to budget below.
The NCAA athletics report shows salaries and benefits in a single line item. Don't be fooled when the 2026 athletics department financial report comes out and Tate and Zinn blame higher compensation on fringe benefits. However, the Rutgers budget breaks out salaries and benefits for each financial unit of the university, including athletics. The driver of the increase is salaries, budgeted to up 8%, not fringe benefits, expected to decline 1%.
Moreover, the state picks up the tab for 1/3 of the Rutgers athletics department fringe benefits costs. Other B1G athletics departments do not receive state support for athletic department employee benefits, with the possible exception of Illinois.
Rutgers 2026 budget
Put all of his eggs into the Wimsatt Basket so much that he didn’t recruit a legit FBS QB for a year or two.
Let’s see if you see these answers to your question or you’ll either ignore it or call it FAKE ANTI SCHIANO NEWS:
-Unable to beat teams like Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and other teams at their worse who Rutgers are supposed to be modeling their programs after.
-Unable to beat a UCLA team who just fired their head coach and was in near shambles as they were coming into Piscataway that week.
-Calling that timeout vs Illinois
-Hiring Robb Smith for the third time after failing twice
-Running a fake field goal with a kicker who runs like a newborn cow vs the one Penn State team that Rutgers could’ve easily beaten.
Had no WRs either. Give Wimsatt Duff and Strong and give AK Washington and Dremel
Ill add being in the drivers seat to beat Kansas State and literally run over the last 20 minutes or so
Rutgers record versus ranked teams is stronger if one starts with the FBS Eras.
Rutgers is 4-65 since 1998 in the combined FBS and CFP Eras.
Rutgers is 4-65 since 1998 in the combined FBS and CFP Eras.
GS 2.0 Record against P5 teams with winning season records 2021-2025
2021: 0-7 (plus a loss to 1-8 in B1G Northwestern)
2022: 0-6 (plus 2 losses to 3-6 in B1G Nebraska and 0-6 Michigan State)
2023: 2-6 (1-6 in B1G) (win against a mediocre Miami in Bowl Game)
2024: 1-4 (plus losses to terrible Wisconsin and UCLA Teams)
2025: 0-7
TOTAL 3-30.
2.0 era- 2 signature wins are against an 8-5 Northwestern in 2023 and an 8-5 Minnesota in 2024
2021: 0-7 (plus a loss to 1-8 in B1G Northwestern)
2022: 0-6 (plus 2 losses to 3-6 in B1G Nebraska and 0-6 Michigan State)
2023: 2-6 (1-6 in B1G) (win against a mediocre Miami in Bowl Game)
2024: 1-4 (plus losses to terrible Wisconsin and UCLA Teams)
2025: 0-7
TOTAL 3-30.
2.0 era- 2 signature wins are against an 8-5 Northwestern in 2023 and an 8-5 Minnesota in 2024
Only took 3 pages before the conclusion that all of GS wins are really losses. Surprised that it didn’t come up sooner.
The record of the guy who was purportedly the backup plan if Greg 2.0 did not materialize, and at a school that was in equally bad shape, if not worse than Rutgers when he took over.
Summary-3 seasons with winning records in the B1G. 3 seasons with 8 or more wins. Record against P4 teams with winning records
2022: 3-3
2023: 1-7
2024: 4-4
2025: 5-3
TOTAL- 13-17---That is 10 more wins than Greg against P4 teams with winning records in 4 years versus 5.
But keep celebrating mediocrity, actually worse than mediocrity.
It Rutgers fans fault that Jersey Kids born that year have gone elsewhere. Should’ve donated monthly salaries for NIL to a coach who doesn’t use KR or PR or have at least 3 WTF games a year.
I realized most posters in this thread are just pathetic disgruntled people a loooong time ago
Most think they’re way smarter than they actually are
Sounds like we've got a Chief Illiniwek fan in our midst!
16 of 18 teams
Although Rutgers' defense received a much-needed reset, the changes stir doubts about whether Schiano will ever get both sides of the ball clicking in lockstep. The Scarlet Knights added 15 transfers, but only two from other Power 4 programs in Lonergan (Boston College) and Humes (Maryland). Safety recruit Chris Hewitt Jr. flipped to Georgia Tech.
Ranking the offseason for every Power 4 college football team
Nail the transfer portal? Miss a big recruit? Find a top coordinator? All are part of our offseason evaluations.
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As I've said before, if you wanna be impressed by what GS has done here just check out the histories of the sadsacks that have been Rutgers head football coach here since Anderson and the move to Big Time.
There is a strong contingent of fans (and high level donors) who live in fear of another Flood/Ash disaster, which is understandable. However, they also seem blind to the fact that the program appears to be stuck in neutral, or perhaps reverse. To the anon poster above who slings insults, calling fans who want more "pathetic disgruntled people," it appears you are happy with a program that is trending below mediocre, and it may not be any better this year with the portal haul. We can only hope that the defensive coaching staff can work wonders with the talent they have and improve the defense. Two groups of reasonable fans can have differing opinions without insulting each other.
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Really, that says so much more about the incompetent hiring (as well as poor resources pre-Schiano) than it does about Schiano himself. He's a very good program CEO who is great at lifting a program out of the Marianas Trench, but his record shows he's not able to drive them past middling. Without the benefit of the five nonconference games he used to be able to schedule in the Big East days, scrapping for bowl eligibility seems to be his ceiling. And it's not because of the Big Ten, either. Beginning the week after the Louisville game in 2006, his teams went just 17-21 in Big East play before he left for the Bucs.
He's just not that good a coach. He's got a record that makes it perfectly clear.
The platform change removed a lot of posters, but beyond that, there's just nothing to be excited or post about. It's a program in purgatory and devoid of news, optimism, or change.
Heck, there's 67 P4 schools and Schiano has had longer tenure than all but NINE of them. The guy never had the ability to hit next the next level, but in this age, he literally has no value proposition. Recruiting / discipline / academics no longer matter as much and he's god awful on game day / scheme wise.
Heck, there's 67 P4 schools and Schiano has had longer tenure than all but NINE of them. The guy never had the ability to hit next the next level, but in this age, he literally has no value proposition. Recruiting / discipline / academics no longer matter as much and he's god awful on game day / scheme wise.
You will be roundly attached as a SHU fan, which is ridiculous because SHU does not have a football team. Speaking of roundly, miss your old avatar, here it is!
For me the world of college sports has changed so dramatically that I've lost interest. Gone are the days of coming to this site to follow high school recruiting, celebrating the recruiting wins and "whatifing" the losses. Watching young athletes commit to my alma mater and being excited for their future development. Watching them grow on the field and compete.
Today's game is made up of one and done's, not student athlete. I still watch but with a lot less passion. **** NIL. It is not what was intended, go ahead and sell a tee shirt or run a camp. This is just pay for play and a turnoff for me.
Today's game is made up of one and done's, not student athlete. I still watch but with a lot less passion. **** NIL. It is not what was intended, go ahead and sell a tee shirt or run a camp. This is just pay for play and a turnoff for me.
Most years as a Rutgers football coach too.
Frank Burns notched 78 wins in 11 seasons with 11 game seasons as the Rutgers head coach.
John Bateman notches 73 wins in 13 seasons, 10 of which were 9 game seasons.
You're right, it's gone! I miss it too!You will be roundly attached as a SHU fan, which is ridiculous because SHU does not have a football team. Speaking of roundly, miss your old avatar, here it is!
But you're right, I have no horse in this race. I pay attention because I love college football, but am detached enough from this situation to not let emotions govern my assessment of the coach or the program.
That's exactly the way I look at being a fan of teams I follow.
Should GS turn it around this season, I will be thrilled for the team and him. He is a great leader of young men and in preparing his players for life beyond football. If he does not, he knows that he gets paid to win and elevate the program. There is nothing wrong with wanting our team to perform better and aspire to higher goals.
I'm old enough to have seen Burns and Bateman coached teams. They played in that little stadium against small-time schedules.
Playing Colgate, Bucknell, and Princeton every year is a little different than playing in the top conference in the country with games against Michigan, Ohio State, and Pedd State.
It seems to me that some here are criticizing Schiano for not getting the program to a level that it has never been to and perhaps has no chance of ever getting to. I've been waiting for over sixty years for Rutgers to keep the best high school players New Jersey has to offer home and playing for their state university. GS came closer to doing that than anyone else...and I think even he has refocused on other states to get the best talent for Rutgers.
I've been listening to friends who are college football fans but not Rutgers fans telling me over and over again over many, many years that it was an impossible task....that Rutgers would never be able to compete with the top teams in the Big Ten....that people in New Jersey don't care enough about Rutgers football. That no coach could scale that unscalable mountain.
I'm not so sure anymore that they're wrong.